How about some swirling clouds of Saturn?
Prometheus (the Movie)
Yes, another movie of Prometheus disturbing Saturn’s rings. This is the longest clip and includes the most ring swinging action for your money. This version has been cropped and reduced down from the original. See here for a larger, wider view of the same animation (2M gif).
Saturnati XIX
By the way… this is still the best Saturn image ever rendered.
Modern Art
Dramatic Saturn
Another by Gordan Ugarkovic. Will post a wallpaper version later. Too gorgeous.
Saturn Followed by a Moonshadow
Another Gordan Ugarkovic beauty.
Update: IMAX in a Basement
Its been a while since I have updated the progress on IMAX in a Basement, which features imagery from the Cassini mission. See youTube for a nice “Problems Solved” video that includes a sweet sweep across what looks like Enceladus toward Saturn.
Limb of Janus
Janus is a minor moon of Saturn. Seen here by Cassini from 32,967 km.
Goodbye Blue Skies
The blue hues that Saturn has shown Cassini since its arrival are slowly disappearing as the seasons change on Saturn. Soon the whole globe will appear as Voyager saw it in all golden hues.
Prometheus Spreads its Magic!
From the raw images of the Cassini mission. This is Saturn’s tiny moon Prometheus causing a disturbance in some ring particles. Nothing really new to be said here as we have seen this featured in a few animations posted here before. This is just a nice image of that phenomenon with the addition of a nice glaringly over-exposed Prometheus.
Saturnati XVIII
Another Ugarkovic Beauty. Visible in the image are also Enceladus, Epimetheus and Mimas.
Saturn Storm
See Riding with Robots for more.
Transparent Rings
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Saturnati XVI
This may be one of the very best from Gordan. Nice work. For the full effect you must click on it to see the hires. The rings are quite sharp.
3 More By GU or Saturnati XV
3 intensely nice new views of Saturn by Gordan Ugarkovic.
Be sure to click for the hi-res view of this one. Enceladus hangs sharply in front of saturn – doesn’t even look real. I assume the second moon there is Mimas, but notice you can even make out a 3rd moon (Pandora) lodged in Saturn’s rings, right inside the hairline F-Ring.
Saturnati XIV
Its Titan up top and Tethys below.
Saturnati XIII
A Grid of Rings
Looking at the 500 most recent raw images from Cassini, one of the pages was filled with nothing but images of the rings at various angles and locations. The tiling of these images on one page was unintentionally interesting and I thought we would repeat a more intentional version here with those same images.
Saturnati XII
